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Old 07-27-14 | 01:58 AM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
Whedon really shines in the writing department, but his movies aren't very cinematic. Honestly the best results would be a Whedon script directed by a visionary director, someone like... say Jean-Pierre Jeunet. That would be amazing.
Old 07-27-14 | 02:13 AM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe
Spoiler:
Hahahahahaha.
Old 07-27-14 | 04:37 PM
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yup. that was perfect. thanks TBD!
Old 07-27-14 | 04:39 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Abob Teff
Why is John Luthgow photobombing this picture of two unknown smiling dudes?
i did a double take too. but, i think it is James Spader.
Old 07-27-14 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by OldBoy


can anyone find a bigger version of this for a wallpaper?
in regards to poster:
Spoiler:
who is superhero flying in background (top left)?
Old 07-27-14 | 05:12 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by OldBoy
in regards to poster:
Spoiler:
who is superhero flying in background (top left)?
Spoiler:
The Vision (Bettany)
Old 07-27-14 | 05:15 PM
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^ thanks.
Old 07-27-14 | 05:52 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Sometimes I think OldBoy doesn't read 95% of the posts in a thread.
Old 07-27-14 | 06:31 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

So no leak on the footage yet?
Old 07-27-14 | 07:33 PM
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Haven't seen it leaked anywhere yet which is pretty amazing.
Old 07-27-14 | 10:15 PM
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Old 07-28-14 | 01:12 AM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Kicker_of_Elves
Haven't seen it leaked anywhere yet which is pretty amazing.
I know. the Bat/Supes footage is all over the place, but this one's locked up tight.

In the meantime, here's the audio of it.

Lovin' Spader's voice. I thought we would get something closer to Hal9000 (Which Spader's regular voice resembles) but this was more gruff & menacing than expected. I hope they keep it this way!

EDIT-I caught the "Pinocchio song" on the 2nd listen (I thought people were just making that up) and orgasmic-guy who appears on one of the Bat/Supes videos makes a cameo at the end of this clip too

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Old 07-28-14 | 07:46 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Interview with Bettany - http://io9.com/paul-bettany-explains...-me-1612213724

Here's some of them, but the link is worth clicking for more.

JARVIS is a fairly sassy character. And I'm assuming the way that you're describing Vision, he's not that way. Did you miss that about your character at all? Or was there some other element to your character that you enjoyed playing?

I wouldn't say that I missed it because I don't think that it entirely went away. And you'll see. As he is born and becomes more realized, it's hard to be ironic... I know what you're talking about because there's a sort of irony and knowing irony with JARVIS. I mean, babies aren't particularly ironic. But he is somebody who is learning about the world at quite an exponential rate. He becomes more sassy as the movie continues.

How do the Avengers feel having Vision around?

Incredibly jealous [laughs]. It's been a really lovely working experience. I think initially in the plot, there's a lot of distrust and that has to be navigated by the Vision. And he does it in a quite extraordinary shocking way. He gains their trust in a real roof raiser of a moment. Everybody will flip.

Are you Vision when the story starts or is this later?

Um.... it is when you might have gone to get your popcorn. Yes, minutes have passed, I don't know how many.

Do you get to wear the big yellow cape?

Can't discuss that... Yes, there is a cape, and it is fabulous.

Vision is very powerful in the comic. Can you talk about [Vision's] abilities in the film?

No...? Yeah, a little. Well we've discussed about how he's incredibly good at punching, which is key. He also has the ability to change his density and that is… that's awesome. And exploited brilliantly by Joss in terms of really cool moments when Vision is able to do something that is otherworldly. And he's discovering it all as he goes along.
Old 07-28-14 | 07:55 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Who is to blame for the horrendous suit Captain America had to wear in the first Avengers movie?
Old 07-28-14 | 08:51 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

I never really saw what the problem with Cap's suit in The Avengers was. That seems to be something a lot of people bitch about in regards to that film.
Old 07-28-14 | 08:56 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

It doesn't look as horrible in action as it does in stills, but it's much worse than any of the other costumes he's worn on screen.
Old 07-28-14 | 09:17 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Spoiler tag due to size and suckiness of Caps first Avenger outfit.

Spoiler:
Old 07-28-14 | 09:40 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Mike86
I never really saw what the problem with Cap's suit in The Avengers was. That seems to be something a lot of people bitch about in regards to that film.
Between that and that whole TV-ratio nonsense. I swear people look for things just for the sake of complaining.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

I didn't mind Cap's costume too bad I guess. The helmet is the problem if you ask me as it just looks kind of goofy. Honestly I thought that The Winter Soldier was the first time they managed to make the helmet look decent.
Old 07-28-14 | 09:50 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

In some of the photos (like the one above) it looked pretty dorky, but it looked just fine in the movie. In my opinion.
Old 07-28-14 | 10:56 PM
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The suit looks terrible in that photo.
What I still can't understand is- they did a great job of establishing that he actually had an impressive, heroic physique. That allowed them the liberty of embellishing it with a muscle suit. Additionally, the character has always been portrayed as having his suits upper trunk made of some kind of chain-mail or fish scale texture. At the very least, they could have given him the same kind of textured material on something like the MoS suit. That, combined with slightly enhanced musculature would have been just perfect. It's such a bizarrely bad decision for them to have gone with clothe and zippers and a rubber midsection instead. Does not compute.

When it comes to the helmet- Evans lacks a strong jaw line. They compound that by making the helmet thick and covering up the ears. Both those design decisions throw the visual balance off making his jawline look even weaker.
I Haven't seen WS yet, but I could have sworn I saw that they realized their mistake and made the ears exposed. The wings (that everyone seems to think are lame) are another element that breaks up the round (curves are feminine) silhouette of the helmet head and gives the design a little more anarchic, masculine energy- counter intuitive as that may seem to people who think the little wings are cheesy.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

They made it a helmet with a chin strap in WS for his SHIELD outfit. Even had a magnetic thing in the back to just put the shield there. Damn. I love Cap 2. Can't remember if it had the wings in the side of the helmet or not.

If they keep it as a helmet I don't mind the ears exposed. If it is a mask, I don't think it'd look that great. Having the little wings protruding on the side of the mask/helmet would be stupid. Looks great on the page but I don't think so in live action.
Old 07-28-14 | 11:14 PM
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I'm sure the strap was useful to substantiate his jawline/bring the whole visual more in balance.
Old 07-28-14 | 11:21 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Solid Snake
They made it a helmet with a chin strap in WS for his SHIELD outfit. Even had a magnetic thing in the back to just put the shield there. Damn. I love Cap 2. Can't remember if it had the wings in the side of the helmet or not.

If they keep it as a helmet I don't mind the ears exposed. If it is a mask, I don't think it'd look that great. Having the little wings protruding on the side of the mask/helmet would be stupid. Looks great on the page but I don't think so in live action.
Old 07-28-14 | 11:24 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

I hated Cap's outfit in The Avengers, looked too bright and cheesy. The ones from Cap 1 & 2 looked more distressed and rugged. My fav was his SHIELD uniform.

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